If I work room service in a Hotel, in California, and our elevators go out, can I be expected by management to walk orders up to guests?
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If I work room service in a Hotel, in California, and our elevators go out, can I be expected by management to walk orders up to guests?
Room Service Waiter in a Los Angeles Courtyard Marriot. We are having elevator issues and are down to one elevator and at one point that went down. If it goes down again, management wants up to walk room service orders up to guest rooms using the stairs. The Hotel has 14 floors. Is this an unreasonable expectation?
Asked on May 8, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 4 years ago | Contributor
This mandate is legal unless it violates the terms of an employment contraxt or union agreement. The fact is that most work relationships are "at will". This means that an employer can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit (absent some form of legally actionable discrimination). Accordingly, a worker can be disciplined for not following their employer's instruction, up to and including suspension and even termination. In fact, in such a work arrangement, an employee can be fired for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice.
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 4 years ago | Contributor
This mandate is legal unless it violates the terms of an employment contraxt or union agreement. The fact is that most work relationships are "at will". This means that an employer can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit (absent some form of legally actionable discrimination). Accordingly, a worker can be disciplined for not following their employer's instruction, up to and including suspension and even termination. In fact, in such a work arrangement, an employee can be fired for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice.
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